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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 24, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 39.

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India

By L. J. BURGESS.

MUSSOORIE.—Several months have passed since I last sent a report to the REVIEW, and it is only due to the Lord’s mercy that I am now able to write a few words to express my gratitude to him for having spared my life in answer to the many prayers of brethren and sisters. On the first of April I was attacked with typhoid fever, and for about two months there was a close combat between life and death; but the Lord heard our cries, and redeemed my life from destruction.
On the first of June we began a course of Bible studies with a number of Hindustani men and women who came up from various places on the plains. They had heard something of present truth, and being convinced that there was lightin it for them, were willing to leave all, and come for further study of the message. By the Lord’s help we were able to give them some new truth each day until they had covered all the special points. As we met together each morning for our study, we felt the presence of the Holy Spirit to impress the truth upon every heart, and we have never seen any people advance more rapidly than these Hindustani brethren and sisters.
On the twenty-second of July we had the pleasure of seeing twelve of these follow the Lord in baptism. The service was conducted by Elder J. L. Shaw, in a beautiful spot on the mountainside. It was a solemn, yet a glad and impressive occasion, and one which we believe marks a new era in the Hindustani work. Surely there shall be delay no longer in giving this message to the millions of India, as the Lord is ready to co-operate with every one who gives himself to this work.
Several of these new brethren and sisters have now returned to their homes, and we expect to hear soon of many others becoming interested through their efforts. Two of these brethren who have been studying with us, not many years ago were in the darkness of Hinduism, bowing down to idols of wood and stone; but through the reading of the Scriptures they were converted, and have been led on step by step until now they are rejoicing in the light of present truth.
One of these new converts has taken up the nurses’ course at the sanitarium, and we trust he will make a useful worker in this line. Another also expects to take up this work from the first of August.
Brother and Sister Meyers joined us in July, and assisted in giving the Bible studies. Their help and encouragement were appreciated by all.
I trust the readers of the REVIEW will remember us at the throne of grace. L. J. BURGESS.